In honor of Duke’s Centennial, The Chronicle is highlighting pivotal figures and events throughout the University’s history.

For instance, the Wanli mega-drought spurred the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, one of the most important dynasties in Chinese ...

Every morning, I crossed a stretch of railway tracks on the way to my school. The tracks lay less than a hundred meters from ...

To commemorate the 120th birthday of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), a popular TV series revisiting his early ...

It was like a scene from the final hours of the Roman Empire: Everywhere you looked, some prominent politician was degrading ...

William Dalrymple has spent decades writing about history, but he’s discovered that an even bigger audience wants to hear him ...

Every administration is defined by the few dozen most important voices and talents upon which each president builds his agenda. The good ones channel his vision, execute with precision and innovate ...

They will research China's agricultural history; the intersection of immigration, incarceration, and public health in 19th-century New York City; and Caribbean immigrants' use of cricket and reggae to ...

Former Australian ambassador to China Geoff Raby takes a deep dive into the “Chussia” partnership. His conclusions about a ...

Researchers link the collapse of the Ming Dynasty to severe droughts, offering new insights into how climate shaped ancient ...

Did you know the Great Wall of China is over 21,000 kilometers long? It’s about three times longer than we thought. This ...